LESSON 8 - 24/09/2015

LESSON 8

Brief description about the class

In this class, we have carried on working the concepts related with “The approaches and methods in language teaching”. Firstly, the professor has shown us the last methods we haven’t seen yet: “CLIL”, “Task based teaching”, “TPR: Total physical response” or “Multisensory learning”, and finally, “Natural approach”. We have seen real simulation videos of each method too.

He has shown us different drills and how we can use them. At the end, the professor has taught us some differents approaches to learn phonetic, and we have seen some videos that shown how we can teach the vocalic sounds to our children (Jolly phonics).

What I've learnt

We have learnt lots of interesting things, like different methods said previously, with their characteristics, the aspects they develop, etc. It has been very useful to me the video we have seen about drills that we can easily apply in our classes, converting them into dynamics and amusing lessons.

Also,  I have found very interesting the introduction into phonetics, because in the last courses I haven’t learnt anything about it, but now I know some things about the vocalic sounds, for example.

My personal opinion

I think it has been a very instructive lesson because we have finally known all the methods and approaches in language teaching, and we have learnt about how we can use drills with our pupils, something that it seems to me very useful in my future.

I have found quite interesting the vocalic sounds teaching, because previously I hadn't idea about them. I didn't practice them into the ESO o the baccalaureate.

Finally, I would like to highlight that it doesn’t exists a perfect or magic method. Like teachers, we have to know what the perfect method in each situation is.